Mauro DiPreta will join the William Morrow group on March 4 as svp, executive editor, reporting to Liate Stehlik. He previously worked at HarperCollins for 16 years until 2011, and mostly recently was founder, vp and publisher of Hachette Books. Katya Shannon is stepping down this spring as vice president, special markets, Penguin Random House. She has been with the company since joining Putnam in 1980 as a field sales rep. Amanda Close will oversee special markets starting in May, in addition to her current role leading strategic market development. Hillary Brady has joined DK as digital marketing manager. She was […]
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Downing’s My Lovely Wife Tops March Library Reads
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing is the top pick for March’s Library Reads list. Also on the list is Annie Ward’s Beautiful Bad, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Bird King, by G. Willow Wilson A Dangerous Collaboration, by Deanna Raybourn The Last Woman in the Forest, by Diane Les Becquets The Last Year of the War, by Susan Meissner The Library of Lost and Found, by Phaedra Patrick Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss, by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams The River, by Peter Heller Daisy Jones […]
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Simon Trewin has left William Morris Endeavor after 6 years to start his own agency, Simone Trewin Ltd., representing authors, brands and entrepreneurs in the areas of art, culture, digital, literature, and live events. Trewin says in part, “This is a chance to return to my roots in the entertainment industry and I am looking forward to making live events, theatre and film production part of the mix of my new endeavor. I have authors who I would go to the wall for and they will always be my first priority but I can’t wait to get to work on seeing […]
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The ABA’s board has recommend Jenny Cohen of Waucoma Bookstore in Hood River, OR to join the board of directors for the first time, and Kris Kleindienst, Chris Morrow, and Bradley Graham were all nominated for additional, three-year terms. Per their usual protocol, ABA vice president Jamie Fiocco of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC is due to move up to a two-year term as ABA president, and Graham is nominated to serve as ABA vice president/secretary. Jennifer Murphy has joined the American Psychological Association’s Magination Press as assistant marketing manager. Most recently she was marketing coordinator at Harper Collins. Author […]
Reid’s Daisy Jones & the Six Tops March Indie Next List
The ABA named Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid as the No. 1 Indie Next pick for March. Also on the list are Halle Butler’s The New Me and Annie Ward’s Beautiful Bad, both excerpted and available for download in our latest Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the list features: The River, by Peter Heller The Huntress, by Kate Quinn The Book of Delights, by Ross Gay The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, by Anissa Gray Aerialists, by Mark Mayer The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon The Hunting Party, by Lucy Foley Little Faith, […]
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Simon Green has joined Abrams Artists Agency to lead company’s book and publishing division. Green was at CAA, where he started the book department in 2009, until last spring. The agency says Green’s hiring “reflects [their] commitment to growing the company with distinguished agents as the agency continues to expand its roster of both agents and clients.” (Steve Ross, who started the book division for Abrams, created his own agency last fall.) Claire Roberts has founded her own literary agency, Claire Roberts Global Literary Management. In addition to author representation, the company also handles rights for a “select group of publishers and other literary agencies […]